Hello everyone and welcome to today’s Homemade Recipe of the Day, October 09, 2025!
As autumn deepens, the morning and evening air has become much cooler. The number of days with clear blue skies is increasing, and it is a comfortable season to go out and enjoy activities or relax at home. Now, out of the blue, do you know what day October 9 is? Actually, it is called “Crepe Day” because the number “9” resembles the shape of a rolled crepe! In honor of such a playful anniversary, today’s “Today’s Homemade Recipe” will bring you creative sweet recipes that will make your kitchen more fun, while keeping up with daily trends. We hope you will look forward to what new encounters await you, while also incorporating plenty of autumn flavors!
A discussion of recent search trends
Looking at the latest Google search trends, it is striking to see several top-ranked words related to moon viewing, such as “2021 Mid-Autumn Festival” and “Mid-Autumn Meigetsu,” even though the data is for early October. This may be evidence that people are not simply looking for information from the past, but also reflect the strong desire of modern people to cherish the changing seasons and traditional Japanese events.
Looking up at the autumn night sky and spending time “tsukimi” with family and loved ones gives us a sense of comfort and peace. This year’s Google trend seems to suggest a hidden need to color such a heartwarming moment with delicious homemade sweets.
Traditional otsukimi dango are wonderful, but this year, why not add a little flair to your special evening with creative homemade sweets that look gorgeous and make you want to take pictures of them. We recommend incorporating fall flavors such as chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins, or using a full moon or rabbit motif in your design. The warmth of handmade dishes will add to the joy of tsukimi. In “Today’s Handmade Recipes,” we will continue to offer recipes full of seasonal ingredients and a playful spirit to make your wishes come true.
Associated Sweets Keywords
- Fluffy mousse of “Jugoya Rabbit
- Autumn Full Moon Tart
- Sparkling amber sugar on a starry night
- Japanese-style Mont Blanc with moon viewing
- Colorful Temari-style tsukimi dango (dumplings for moon viewing)
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Our creative recipes
Cloisonne Temari moon-viewing dumplings – sweet potato and pumpkin blessings to decorate an autumn evening
Otsukimi is a time to love the full moon shining in the autumn night sky. This year, why not create a heartwarming moment with the eye-catching “Shippo Temari Tsukimi Dango”? The dough of the dumplings is filled with chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins, the bounties of autumn, to lock in the natural colors and rich aroma of the dumplings. Shippo” refers to the seven treasures in Buddhism, and is also known in Japan as an auspicious and lucky pattern. We hope that these dumplings will bring color and good fortune to your dining table and weave a memorable evening of moon viewing. Please enjoy the long autumn nights to the fullest with these special moon-viewing dumplings that stimulate your senses with the added warmth of handmade dumplings.
Ingredients (for about 15 pieces)
| Material name | amount |
|---|---|
| refined rice flour | 100g |
| silken tofu | 120g |
| Chestnut paste (commercially available or homemade) | 2 tablespoons (about 30g) |
| Sweet potato paste (store-bought or homemade) | 2 tablespoons (about 30g) |
| Pumpkin paste (store-bought or homemade) | 2 tablespoons (about 30g) |
| powdered green tea | 1/2 teaspoon |
| (Optional) Natural coloring (red yeast rice powder, etc.) | small quantity |
| For decoration: soybean flour, molasses, mitarashi bean paste, chopped chestnuts, etc. | proper quantity |
way of making
- Making the base dough: The beginning of the journey to create the magic of mochi!
Put the shiratama flour and silken tofu in a bowl and mix well, mashing the tofu. Knead the mixture firmly with your hands until it is as soft as an earlobe. If it is too hard, add a little water. If it is too soft, add a little more shiratama flour. This is an important point that determines the smooth and sticky texture! - The Magic of Autumn Blessings and Colors: Clothing Taste and Color
Divide the finished dough into 5 equal portions.- White Full Moon Dumpling: Leave 1/5 as it is as plain dough.
- Golden Blessing Dumpling: Knead sweet potato paste into another 1/5 of the mixture. The more you mix it in, the more the dusty, sweet aroma rises and the more it turns a bright golden color.
- Forest dumplings in deepening autumn: Knead chestnut paste into yet another 1/5 of the mixture. The gentle aroma of chestnuts and the pale café au lait color will stimulate your appetite.
- Passionate Sunset Dumplings: Knead pumpkin paste into the remaining 1/5. The sweetness of the pumpkin blends into the dough, giving it a warm orange color like an autumn sunset.
- Elegant matcha green tea dumplings: Knead matcha powder into the last 1/5 of the mixture. The matcha adds a bittersweetness to the mixture, giving it a deep green color reminiscent of autumn in Japan.
- arrange: If you like, you can also knead a small amount of natural dye (such as red yeast powder) into the plain dough to make pink or purple Temari dumplings!
- The Art of TEMARI: Spinning Little Full Moons with Your Fingertips
Roll each color of dough into small, round dumplings about 2 cm in diameter. The different colors of dough are then torn off a little at a time, mixed lightly, and gently rolled to create a beautiful marbled pattern that resembles a cloisonne pattern. This is the time to create one-of-a-kind Temari dumplings one by one, carefully and wholeheartedly. - The stage of boiling hot water: the emotional climax!
Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and when it boils, add the dumplings. After the dumplings float to the surface, boil for another 2 to 3 minutes. When the dumplings become transparent and puffed up, it is a sign that they are ready to be boiled. This is the secret to the delicious taste! Be careful not to overboil the dumplings, or the texture will be lost. - [Showering with cold water: the finishing ritual for the vine.
After boiling, the dumplings are immediately placed in cold water and tightened. Cooling the dumplings in cold water gives them the best texture of glutinous and smooth. After draining the dumplings thoroughly, it is time to serve them. - [Autumn banquet: a colorful platter]
Arrange colorful Temari-dango on a plate in a well-balanced manner. Drizzle soybean flour or molasses over the dumplings, garnish with mitarashi red bean paste, or sprinkle chopped chestnuts over the dumplings. Create your own beautiful “Shichiho Temari Tsukimi Dango for Autumn Nights”.
This is the secret to the delicious taste! Key Points
- The Magic of Silken Tofu: By using silken tofu instead of adding water to the white bean flour, the tofu does not become hard even after cooling down, and the texture is glutinous and smooth and lasts for a long time.
- Utilize the flavor of ingredientsChestnut, sweet potato, and pumpkin pastes are a great way to enjoy the gentle sweetness and aroma of the ingredients. Store-bought ones are OK, but homemade ones will give you an even more special taste.
- Enjoy creativity: The shape and color of the Temari dumplings can be freely chosen! Make them marbled, add small decorations, or experiment with different color combinations with your children. Make the night of tsukimi special with the world’s one and only original tsukimi dango.
How was it? Today’s “Today’s Handmade Recipe” brought you “Shippo Temari Tsukimi Dango – Sweet Potato and Chestnut Pumpkin Blessing – to Color the Autumn Night. May this special sweet treat that satisfies all five of your senses make this year’s autumn moon viewing an unforgettable and heartwarming experience for everyone.
The joy of handmade dumplings and time spent talking with loved ones is contained in these little dumplings. We hope you will gather with your family and friends around these delicious dumplings as you gaze up at the autumn night sky.
In “Today’s Homemade Recipes,” we will continue to bring you easy, fun, and slightly special recipes that will enrich your daily table. Please look forward to the next issue!
Please take care of yourself during this change of season. See you again in the next recipe!
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